FC meal order direction?

I've read somewhere that certain airlines (I think AA is one of them) take meal order in the FC cabin front-to-back or back-to-front depending on the flight # odd vs even and/or east vs westbound. Such policy exists on Delta flights? If so, what's the policy?

I spoke with a DL phone agent last night and she said the FC cabin is supposed to have 2 of each entree for every FC passenger so being on the wrong end of the meal order process shouldn't be an issue but that's not what I have seen before.

I've read somewhere that certain airlines (I think AA is one of them) take meal order in the FC cabin front-to-back or back-to-front depending on the flight # odd vs even and/or east vs westbound. Such policy exists on Delta flights? If so, what's the policy?

I spoke with a DL phone agent last night and she said the FC cabin is supposed to have 2 of each entree for every FC passenger so being on the wrong end of the meal order process shouldn't be an issue but that's not what I have seen before.

Thanks.

Ed

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Front to back is supposed to exist, but I have never experienced it. Maybe others here can provide more info.
In my experience, I have never seen 2 entree's each. There have been quite a few times I've gotten the "I'm sorry, all we have left is ..."

I've read somewhere that certain airlines (I think AA is one of them) take meal order in the FC cabin front-to-back or back-to-front depending on the flight # odd vs even and/or east vs westbound. Such policy exists on Delta flights? If so, what's the policy?

I spoke with a DL phone agent last night and she said the FC cabin is supposed to have 2 of each entree for every FC passenger
so being on the wrong end of the meal order process shouldn't be an issue but that's not what I have seen before.

Thanks.

Ed

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How do airline agents invent the nonsense they tell customers? Two of each main course per FC passenger would mean that if a flight has 16 FC seats, assume all occupied, and two choices for the main course, DL would load 64 FC meals? This is so illogical as to be pathetic. Why would they ever load more than one per person for each choice? Even SQ IFC doesn't load meals so as to never deny a passenger their first choice.

What the DL agent might have heard is that most domestic flights with meal service offer two choices, but this does NOT mean that every passenger gets a choice. I suspect that for 16 FC passengers, they load 16 FC meals, with varying proportions of the two main courses so that even ordering in the first half would not guarantee a choice.

How do airline agents invent the nonsense they tell customers? Two of each main course per FC passenger would mean that if a flight has 16 FC seats, assume all occupied, and two choices for the main course, DL would load 64 FC meals? This is so illogical as to be pathetic. Why would they ever load more than one per person for each choice? Even SQ IFC doesn't load meals so as to never deny a passenger their first choice.

What the DL agent might have heard is that most domestic flights with meal service offer two choices, but this does NOT mean that every passenger gets a choice. I suspect that for 16 FC passengers, they load 16 FC meals, with varying proportions of the two main courses so that even ordering in the first half would not guarantee a choice.

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I'm guessing the agent was like "whatever buddy, yeah sure they have 2 of everything now get off the phone with me."

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